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R. CLARK Jr. Hat-Hanging Machine. No. 228,606. Patentedl une 8,1880,

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UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT CLARK, JR., OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO YATES, WHARTON & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

HAT-FLANGlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,606, dated June 8, 1880.

Application filedMarch 22, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT CLARK, J r.,o Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hat-Flanging Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hat-Hanging apparatus; and it consists, first, in the combination, with a sand-bag and treadle for lifting the same, of a crane or derrick for transferring the bag from the hot-table to the flange; and, second, in the combinationof a series of such cranes with the wall or ceiling of a building, and with continuous workbenches and hottables beneath the cranes.

Such a method of mounting the transferring devices dispenses with the use of distinct machines for the purpose named by utilizing the walls and benchesof the hat-shop for the support of the operative mechanism,

while the substitution of a crane for the various machines previously devised for moving the sand-bag to and fro greatly diminishes the cost of the attachments required for each 2 5 bag and the space they occupyin the workshop.

In the drawings annexed, Figure 1 represents a section of a work-bench and hot-table provided with my hat-fiangin g apparatus se- 0 cured to the wall and ceiling of the workshop.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, showing how several sand-bags may be operated side by side in much less space than the same number of machines could be mounted.

Ais the side wall of a workshop; 13, the floor; O, the ceiling, and D the work-bench, set'out from the wall a convenient distance to introduce the hot-table E.

S is the sand-bag, and T the crane, having 40 a pulley or roller, a, provided upon its axle of rotation f, and a cord, 1), attached to the sandbag by straps cl, is carried over the pulley 0, pivoted at the extremity of the crane-arm, and around the axial pulley a to a fixed pulley, 6, upon the wall or ceiling, from whence it is led to a treadle, I, under the work-bench D.

The crane consists merely of a swinging arm pivoted by an axle, f, to a fixed support, as to the ceiling G, or to a bracket, G, secured to the wall and projected therefrom to a point over the joining-line between the bench D and hot-table E.

The location of the crane, axle, or pivot at this point L allows the crane to be swung with the least resistance toward either bench or table, and the operator can thus move the bag by the attached handles z in the curved path indicated at Z' in Fig. 2 with the ntmost facility when the weight is lifted by the treadle through the medium of the cord b.

In Fig. 1 the sand-hag is shown resting upon the flange F, and the foot-plate of the treadle I elevated to receive the foot of the operator,

In Fig. 2 a section of the wall A is shown and sufficient of the work-bench to show three of the cranes mounted closely together. In this view the function of the pulley ctis plainly shown, as when the sand-bag rests upon the hat-flange the cord runs nearly straight over it, but is looped quite around it when the bag is pushed back to rest upon the hot-table for reheating.

WVith the use of the bent treadle (shown in Fig. 1) another pulley, g, is required to lead the rope to it; but the arrangement of the treadle and cord may be varied in any way to secure the desired result-viz., to raise the weight of the bag by the foot, leaving the hands at liberty to operate the flange and move the bag as required.

By the use of my apparatus all framing for the mechanism is saved, and the indispensable work-bench and hot-table are reduced to the cheapest form by making them continuous.

The simplicity of the mechanism, and the attachment of it all to the building employed, enables a great number of sand-bags to be operated in a small space, and their contiguity to one another enables one workman to make use of several bags by preparing the hat and fitting it to one flange while another flange and hat are receiving the required pressure. 7

Having thus shown how my invention re- 5 lates largely to the building in which thesandbag is operated, I desire to claim the crane in combination with such building, and also insand-bags to and fro as required, consisting in mounting a series of cranes upon the ceiling or wall of a building and usingthe sand-bags 15 upon continuous benches and hot-tables beneath the cranes, as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereto set my hand, this 17th day of March, in the presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT CLARK, JR.

Witnesses:

Tnos. S. CRANE, WM. F. HOWE. 

